Lake Tisza and Hortobágy in September

We needed to make some arrangements before our October trip to Hortobágy in Hungary. We visited Ecocentre at Lake Tisza, checked our accomodation, tasted local cuisine and of course we did some birdwatching.

 view on the vast surface of Lake Tisza from the tower of Ecocentre in Poroszló

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) landed on the small channel next to the tower, beside it there was a juvenile Night Heron

trail on the lake is accesible only with a boat

wooden trail in the reeds of Lake Tisza

one of 4 Ferruginous Ducks (Aythya nyroca) on the lake

surface of the lake is covered with the water plants

two of 4 Little Crakes (Porzana parva) that we observed from the first hide

Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus)

fields in puszta - on this site we spotted unbelievable 40+ Red-footed Falcons (Falco vespertinus)

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) along with Teal (Anas crecca)

List of observed bird species:
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) 4
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) 2
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 3
Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) 2; yearlist addition
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) 2
Great Egret (Egretta alba) 5
Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus) 3
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 2; yearlist addition
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) 40+; lifelist and yearlist addition
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Little Crake (Porzana parva) 4; lifelist and yearlist addition
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Gull (Larus cachinnans/michahellis)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) c50
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia f. domestica)
Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
unidentified Woodpecker(Dendrocopos sp.)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus) 10
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) 1; yearlist addition
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)